Books like The Undocumented Americans
12 books with a reading profile close to The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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Uncanny Valley
by Anna Wiener
analytical, memoir
Anna Wiener documents her transition from New York’s traditional publishing industry to the high-growth ecosystem of San Francisco’s tech start-ups.
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What Happened
analytical, memoir
In this memoir, Hillary Rodham Clinton provides a forensic account of the 2016 United States presidential election.
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A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
analytical, memoir
James Comey uses his career in the Department of Justice and the FBI to analyze the friction between institutional integrity and political pressure.
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
by Clint Smith
analytical, memoir
In this narrative nonfiction work, Clint Smith travels to nine distinct locations to examine how each site remembers or distorts its connection to the transatlantic slave trade.
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Complications
by Atul Gawande
analytical, memoir
Atul Gawande presents medicine as an imprecise craft defined by uncertainty and human fallibility.
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Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
analytical, memoir
Sarah Wynn-Williams analyzes the rapid expansion and eventual ethical deterioration of high-growth technology firms during the early 2020s.
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama
analytical, memoir
Barack Obama outlines his political philosophy by examining the structural gridlock within the United States government.
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Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
analytical, memoir
Richard Shepherd details a career spent performing over 23,000 autopsies to determine the bridge between life and death.
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This Is Your Mind on Plants
analytical, narrative
Michael Pollan examines the human relationship with three distinct plant-derived psychoactive substances: opium, caffeine, and mescaline.
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LONDON FALLING
analytical, narrative
Patrick Radden Keefe reconstructs the investigation into the unexplained death of a nineteen-year-old Londoner whose public identity masked a complex private existence.
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Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
by Jon Krakauer
memoir, narrative
In this collection of non-fiction reports, Jon Krakauer chronicles the high-risk pursuits of ice climbers and mountaineers.
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